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Workplace and Life Advice You Can Use

Leading Blog

T HIRTY-NINE LEADERS were interviewed on subjects related to leadership and were assembled by Roger Dean Duncan into LeaderSHOP Volume 1: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice from Today’s Top Thought Leaders (not to be confused with the LeaderShop ). Quinn : “Effective change leaders are not experts with a plan. Career Management.

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Tim Duncan and The Importance of Servant Leadership

Your Voice of Encouragement

Today I''m featuring a guest blog post by Quinn McDowell, a colleague whose passion for developing strong leaders, parents and young people matches my own. Over the course of his 17-year NBA career, he has been selected to the All-Defensive Team 14 times and the All-NBA Team 14 times. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. 1 pick in the NBA Draft.

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Time For Women to Compete

Women on Business

In Donald Quinns article on winning he wrote, “When winning becomes important enough to focus on, when we have the talent and skills needed we are primed to win.” If you want that promotion do not think about Jims career path at all. ” That is the first step. Get comfortable with that or do not play. Strategize.

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The Demotivated Employee: What Causes Employees to Lose Their Motivation?

Strategy Driven

It’s likely that you can relate because most of us, at some point in our careers, have had this happen to us. Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn (2011) have identified four cultures that are indicative of most organizations: clan, adhocracy, hierarchy and market. Has this ever happened to you?

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Thought-full Thursday: Purpose and Confidence

Persuasive Powerhouse

Quinn What is your leadership purpose? “The practice of adaptive confidence means that we are willing to enter uncertain situations because we have a higher purpose and are confident that we can learn and adapt as we move forward” ~Robert E. Are you acting in accord with your purpose? Do you enter uncertainty with your purpose in mind?

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3 Signs of a Healthy Team

Building Personal Strength

In this guest post, some insights from Quinn McDowell, a writer who knows a lot about teams. Quinn McDowell is a writer, trainer and professional athlete. He has played in the NBA D-League, Australia and Spain, following his four-year career at the College of William and Mary. Is your group a strong, healthy team?

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Teen Titans Go! To The Movies

Joseph Lalonde

I’ve been there with my career and this leadership blog. Villains like the Joker and Harley Quinn had taken over. Do you ever feel discouraged because you’re not moving up the ranks quickly enough? Or maybe you feel like you’ve been passed by unfairly. Destruction was all around.